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Kansas City Royals vs. Texas Rangers, at Kauffman Stadium, July 24, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Sunday, July 24, 2016
Start Time:
1:15ct (local), 2:15et
Venue:
Kauffman Stadium
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
88° (based on last ten years)
Rangers
Manager:
Jeff Banister
Game #:
100
On This Date:
21-29
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
99
On This Date:
24-17
Season Series
Fri, Jul 22, 2016 KCR  3  TEX  1     
Sat, Jul 23, 2016 TEX  7 @KCR  4     

Sun, Jul 24, 2016 TEX    @KCR  2:15pm
Thu, Jul 28, 2016 KCR    @TEX  8:05pm
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 KCR    @TEX  8:05pm
Sat, Jul 30, 2016 KCR    @TEX  8:05pm
Sun, Jul 31, 2016 KCR    @TEX  3:05pm

                         All times ET
Texas Rangers
56-42, 1st, 2½ up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   29-15   Road:   27-27   ExtrInn: 3-5 
 vsRHP:  42-29   vsLHP:  14-13   1-Run:  19-7 
 vsEast: 13-11   vsCntrl:10-11   vsWest: 26-16 IL: 7-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 98 Sat, Jul 23  @KCR  W   7-4       56-42  1st  2.5 up
 97 Fri, Jul 22  @KCR  L   1-3       55-42  1st  2.5 up
 96 Wed, Jul 20  @LAA  L   4-7       55-41  1st  3.5 up
 95 Tue, Jul 19  @LAA  L   6-8       55-40  1st  4.5 up
 94 Mon, Jul 18  @LAA  L   5-9       55-39  1st  4.5 up
 93 Sun, Jul 17  @CHC  W   4-1       55-38  1st  4.5 up
 92 Sat, Jul 16  @CHC  L   1-3       54-38  1st  4.5 up
 91 Fri, Jul 15  @CHC  L   0-6       54-37  1st  4.5 up
 90 Sun, Jul 10   MIN  L   5-15      54-36  1st  5.5 up
 89 Sat, Jul  9   MIN  L   6-8       54-35  1st  6.5 up
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 5-15   Last 30:13-17
Kansas City Royals
48-48, 3rd, 8 GB, 6½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   31-16   Road:   17-32   ExtrInn: 4-0 
 vsRHP:  37-40   vsLHP:  11-8    1-Run:  14-10
 vsEast:  8-11   vsCntrl:23-15   vsWest:  9-13 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 96 Sat, Jul 23   TEX  L   4-7       48-48  3rd  8.0 gb
 95 Fri, Jul 22   TEX  W   3-1       48-47  3rd  8.0 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 20   CLE  L   4-11      47-47  3rd  9.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 19   CLE  L   3-7       47-46  3rd  8.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 18   CLE  W   7-3       47-45  3rd  7.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 17  @DET  L   2-4       46-45  3rd  8.0 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 16  @DET  W   8-4       46-44  3rd  7.0 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 15  @DET  L   2-4       45-44  3rd  8.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul 10   SEA  L   5-8       45-43  3rd  7.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  9   SEA  W   5-3       45-42  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sat, Jul 23, 2016 TEX  7 @KCR  4        W:Cole Hamels (11-2), L: Yordano Ventura (6-8), S: none
Fri, Jul 22, 2016 KCR  3  TEX  1        W:Danny Duffy (6-1), L: Yu Darvish (2-2), S: Wade Davis (21)

Sun, Jun 07, 2015 KCR  4  TEX  3        W:Wade Davis (3-1), L: Keone Kela (4-2), S: Greg Holland (9)
Sat, Jun 06, 2015 TEX  4 @KCR  2        W:Wandy Rodriguez (3-2), L: Yordano Ventura (3-5), S: Shawn Tolleson (7)
Fri, Jun 05, 2015 TEX  4 @KCR  0        W:Chi Chi Gonzalez (2-0), L: Edinson Volquez (4-4), S: none
Thu, May 14, 2015 KCR  6 @TEX  3        W:Jeremy Guthrie (3-2), L: Ross Detwiler (0-5), S: Greg Holland (7)
Wed, May 13, 2015 TEX  5  KCR  2        W:Yovani Gallardo (3-5), L: Yordano Ventura (2-3), S: Neftali Feliz (6)
Tue, May 12, 2015 KCR  7 @TEX  6 (10)   W:Greg Holland (1-0), L: Stolmy Pimentel (0-1), S: none
Mon, May 11, 2015 TEX  8  KCR  2        W:Colby Lewis (3-2), L: Danny Duffy (2-2), S: none
Wed, Sep 03, 2014 KCR  4  TEX  1        W:Jason Vargas (11-7), L: Nick Tepesch (4-9), S: Greg Holland (42)
Season Series: 2016 - tied 1-1; 2015 - TEX won 4-3; 2014 - KCR won 5-1; All-Time - KCR leads 277-262

SP: A.J. Griffin (28, RHP, 3-1, 4.26)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (3-1) 57.0 50 28 27 24 50 8 4.26
2013 (14-10) 200.0 171 91 85 54 171 36 3.83
2012 (7-1) 82.1 74 29 28 19 64 10 3.06
Last 7 GS 0-1 32.0 33 20 20 15 33 6 5.63 47
2016-07-18 @LAA ND 5.0 4 5 5 3 2 1 76 38
2016-07-10 MIN L 5.0 9 6 6 1 3 2 94 27
2016-07-05 @BOS ND 4.0 7 2 2 3 3 1 96 40
2016-06-30 @NYY ND 5.0 2 1 1 2 8 1 88 65
2016-06-25 BOS ND 4.1 4 2 2 1 6 1 91 52
2016-05-07 @DET ND 2.2 4 3 3 3 2 0 52 37
2016-05-02 @TOR ND 6.0 3 1 1 2 9 0 107 69
Last 5 v.KCR 1-0 11.0 12 5 5 4 9 2 4.09 50
2013-07-07 @KCR W 5.0 5 2 2 1 4 2 105 52
2013-05-19 KCR ND 6.0 7 3 3 3 5 0 105 48

SP: Edinson Volquez (32, RHP, 8-8, 4.72)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (8-8) 118.1 119 66 62 44 91 12 4.72
2015 (13-9) 200.1 190 89 79 72 155 16 3.55
2014 (13-7) 192.2 166 75 65 71 140 17 3.04
Last 7 GS 3-2 40.0 38 26 25 15 27 4 5.63 47
2016-07-18 CLE ND 7.0 4 2 2 3 6 1 112 64
2016-07-09 SEA W 6.0 6 3 3 1 3 1 91 50
2016-07-04 @TOR L 6.0 4 4 4 3 5 0 98 50
2016-06-29 @STL ND 6.2 6 0 0 1 4 0 104 65
2016-06-24 HOU L 1.0 8 12 11 3 0 1 48 -12
2016-06-18 DET W 6.1 8 5 5 0 6 1 89 43
2016-06-13 CLE W 7.0 2 0 0 4 3 0 95 72
Last 5 v.TEX 0-2 15.1 17 14 14 10 15 2 8.22 39
2015-06-05 TEX L 5.1 6 4 4 3 6 1 100 43
2015-05-12 @TEX ND 5.0 6 4 4 3 3 1 82 39
2012-06-19 TEX L 5.0 5 6 6 4 6 0 104 35

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Rangers Batters (4.81 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 33.Flynn*
G/S/vB		 53.Gee
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB		 47.Moylan
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 67.Wang
G/S/vB		 32.Young
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Alberto G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 39/16 .162/.162/.162/.324 .286/.375 .348 / 1/0 0/1
1.Andrus G/S/vP 9/.889 12/.667 ··· ··· 7/1.171 17/.669 ··· 4/1.500 7/.000 7/.714 355/271 .291/.347/.413/.760 .944/.701 .721 78/.820 13/6 4/8
29.Beltre G/S/vP 16/.402 16/1.063 ··· 3/.666 5/1.100 18/1.388 ··· 7/1.143 26/.523 23/.542 383/285 .271/.326/.446/.772 .916/.723 .751 94/.750 0/0 14/6
61.Chirinos G/S/vP 5/.400 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 100/80 .205/.290/.523/.813 .800/.815 .990 51/.827 0/0 8/1
3.DeShields G/S/vP 5/2.250 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 129/95 .214/.294/.295/.588 .409/.653 .712 8/.452 4/3 2/2
20.Desmond G/S/vP 11/.637 4/1.250 2/.500 48/.845 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 5/.000 420/313 .314/.367/.525/.891 1.011/.850 .800 98/.869 16/3 18/8
36.Hoying* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 31/28 .250/.323/.250/.573 .667/.561 .900 6/.900 0/0 0/1
30.Mazara* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 367/266 .287/.341/.429/.770 .574/.846 .748 80/.761 0/2 12/1
18.Moreland* G/S/vP 4/2.417 10/.522 1/.000 3/1.167 2/1.000 12/.350 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 298/231 .232/.299/.426/.725 .706/.730 .679 44/.734 0/0 13/1
12.Odor* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 382/269 .272/.291/.484/.774 .805/.761 .752 94/.782 8/4 18/14
19.Profar# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 157/107 .290/.344/.414/.758 .480/.884 .592 61/.540 0/1 4/5
16.Rua G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 211/125 .269/.346/.430/.776 .914/.685 .724 52/.546 7/0 7/2
6.Wilson G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/2.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 147/110 .233/.259/.323/.582 .886/.477 .539 28/.328 0/0 3/1
IP 118.1 31.2 29.2 62.1 43.2 36.1 23.1 42.0 40.0 64.0 TOTAL .263/.321/.428/.749 .771/.741 .719 .732 56/23 123/61
ERA-K/9 4.72/6.9 1.14/8.5 3.03/7.9 4.19/7.8 1.65/11.1 3.72/9.7 4.24/7.0 4.29/8.4 3.60/5.6 6.61/9.7 4.27/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Chirinos (15-4-1)
 Wilson (25-6-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 512/.259 124/.173 120/.215 280/.298 167/.190 147/.226 101/.295 180/.265 164/.275 292/.277 .252  Mazara
 Desmond
 Rua
 DeShields
 Hoying
25/0/67/6
29/71/0/6
47/4/2/4
2/29/0/1
11/1/0/1
OPS .707 .448 .619 .820 .525 .686 .741 .829 .768 .992 .746
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 258/.658 65/.433 45/.496 151/.854 83/.615 62/.543 38/1.087 90/.653 82/.755 142/1.311 .766
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 254/.757 59/.465 75/.689 129/.781 84/.437 85/.782 63/.547 90/1.013 82/.779 150/.713 .729
Home 303/.676 65/.434 66/.545 163/.860 81/.444 72/.696 51/.923 90/.858 99/.759 157/.772
Last 28d days 103/.590 18/.513 66/.654 59/.703 26/.472 31/.844 25/.890 35/1.298 38/.668 51/1.087
HR/SB/CS 12/6/4 0/1/1 3/0/0 11/1/4 2/0/1 5/3/2 2/0/0 7/1/2 5/2/2 26/8/2 131/28/29
Usage ·····X·· ·o···o·X o···X··· ····X··· ·o·o··X· ·o···o·· ···X···o X·····o· X··oo··· ···X·X··
Royals Batters (4.01 RS/G) vs. Rangers Pitchers (4.78 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 64.Griffin
G/S/vB		 43.Barnette
G/S/vB		 51.Bush
G/S/vB		 58.Claudio*
G/S/vB		 41.Diekman*
G/S/vB		 47.Dyson
G/S/vB		 50.Kela
G/S/vB		 37.Tolleson
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/56 .306/.368/.548/.916 .641/.982 1.163 15/.862 0/0 2/2
24.Colon G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 108/83 .253/.315/.293/.608 .448/.657 .551 41/.563 0/1 0/0
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 251/200 .302/.336/.472/.808 .884/.788 .836 85/.902 1/0 9/5
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 197/181 .254/.326/.353/.679 .822/.666 .729 55/.787 13/4 1/1
12.Eibner G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 74/46 .254/.315/.478/.793 1.131/.594 .921 33/.706 0/0 3/0
2.Escobar G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/3.000 4/.500 425/341 .259/.285/.317/.602 .470/.635 .681 87/.651 14/4 1/12
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/2.600 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 258/192 .203/.310/.342/.652 .517/.698 .629 83/.599 5/0 7/1
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 6/1.100 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 399/289 .294/.351/.459/.810 .772/.824 .845 89/.617 4/1 13/5
15.Merrifield G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 217/166 .275/.309/.386/.695 .862/.644 .777 72/.490 5/1 2/3
25.Morales# G/S/vP 9/.730 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 2/2.500 359/267 .250/.318/.432/.750 .918/.691 .779 85/.935 0/0 15/0
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 246/182 .323/.347/.404/.751 .782/.741 .871 66/.519 5/1 1/2
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/5.000 3/3.000 340/262 .272/.309/.475/.784 .759/.791 .916 83/.586 0/0 14/3
IP 57.0 45.2 29.1 23.1 34.0 44.1 9.1 35.1 TOTAL .270/.319/.405/.725 .770/.712 .776 .673 55/19 83/50
ERA-K/9 4.26/7.9 2.17/6.7 2.15/8.9 3.47/6.6 2.65/9.8 2.44/6.9 8.68/16.5 7.90/6.9 4.49/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (6-2-0)
 Perez (22-27-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 240/.235 185/.247 117/.196 102/.287 136/.168 174/.233 44/.243 165/.344 .265  Dyson
 Orlando
 Gordon
 Merrifield
 Eibner
 Morales
18/24/21/7
0/6/60/4
63/0/0/4
11/0/1/2
9/0/6/0
0/0/5/0
OPS .725 .617 .509 .738 .534 .638 .958 .921 .767
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 125/.863 84/.809 42/.502 26/.654 45/.472 74/.776 18/.476 73/.968 .759
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 115/.573 101/.463 75/.511 76/.767 91/.564 100/.540 26/1.254 92/.886 .771
Road 147/.740 94/.599 59/.419 42/.864 68/.407 99/.827 26/.808 77/.849
Last 28d days 85/.936 50/.320 35/.441 22/.465 23/.527 32/.942 14/.903 55/1.021
HR/SB/CS 8/4/1 2/2/1 1/0/0 1/0/0 3/0/0 3/1/1 4/0/0 8/1/3 125/52/16
Usage ·····X·· X···XX·· o··Xo··o ·····X·o ·o······ X··o··X· ·o···X·X o···X··X

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid. 		OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2016 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed
MLB Best, Middle, Worst
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.67

MIN  4.41

ATL  3.40

 RA/G

WSN  3.49

PHI  4.54

CIN  5.73

 BA

J. Altuve  .357

S. Perez  .272

D. Norris  .203

 OBP

J. Altuve  .426

J. Werth  .340

D. Norris  .261

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .671

E. Nunez  .452

N. Ahmed  .299

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.094

E. Nunez  .780

N. Ahmed  .564

 ERA

C. Kershaw  1.79

J. Garcia  3.98

J. Locke  5.54

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.05

C. Tillman  7.64

M. Pelfrey  4.02

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.